88 Nature protected 
of natural beauty. There are also 
branches of the Kyrle Society in the 
provinces, for instance, in Bristol, Chel- 
tenham, Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, 
and Nottingham. 
The Commons' and Footpaths' 
Preservation Society, founded in 1865, 
aims at preserving not only commons, 
but also village greens and waste lands ; 
and it is anxious to assist local au- 
thorities to secure open spaces by 
purchase or otherwise, and to promote 
arrangements with landowners for the 
opening of places of natural beauty for 
the use of the public. Amongst other 
things, the society rendered consider- 
able assistance to the movement which 
resulted in the preservation of the 
extensive fine view from Richmond 
Hill. Further, the society helped to 
preserve the East Cliff, near Hastings, 
threatened by a Railway Company 
with serious disfigurement. 
